Lichess: The free and open source chess server

Re:Lichess: The free and open source chess server by edgyquant on Sunday July 10, 2022 @02:32PM (#32047477)

For me it’s just leagues better. The UI/UX is nicer, the lessons are nice videos with a roadmap to understanding chess, etc.

The only benefit I ever got from Lichess is that it’s open source which is nice.

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Re:Lichess: The free and open source chess server by jokethrowaway on Sunday July 10, 2022 @03:00PM (#32047767)

The ux is indeed nice but I'm not paying to have stockfish nnue wasm running on my phone.

I personally wouldn't use much more than analysis and I can just get it for free exporting the game.

Puzzles feels like their better quality than lichess but I've heard discording opinions.

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Re:Lichess: The free and open source chess server by Scarblac on Sunday July 10, 2022 @04:52PM (#32048903)

For puzzles, Chesstempo was the first site to generate them automatically from games, and it's still the best at them.

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Re:Lichess: The free and open source chess server by throwaway6977 on Sunday July 10, 2022 @03:02PM (#32047787)

I disagree with almost everything you just said, as someone who has bounced back and forth for almost 4 years now.

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Re:Lichess: The free and open source chess server by dubeye on Sunday July 10, 2022 @03:06PM (#32047833)

The poster only mentioned two things. So you answer just makes me think you just don't admire commercial chess sites!

To take the video lessons, chess.com are clearly leagues ahead of lichess. They can pay the contributors to produce quality productions. You can't really open source the time of experts .

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Re:Lichess: The free and open source chess server by forty on Sunday July 10, 2022 @04:21PM (#32048608)

Isn't all open source built from the time of experts? (Not experts in chess, but in programming, design, etc) :)

I mean in theory, nothing prevent a professional chess player to make a nice video lesson and share it for free. And there is no reason to assume this video would not be as good as videos made for money (just like it's the case for software)

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Re:Lichess: The free and open source chess server by edgyquant on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @11:27AM (#32084027)

We’re talking about chess experts, not programmers

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Re:Lichess: The free and open source chess server by throwaway6977 on Sunday July 10, 2022 @03:22PM (#32048011)

I agree with most everything you just said!

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Re:Lichess: The free and open source chess server by edgyquant on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @11:28AM (#32084039)

Thanks for proving my point those arguing in favor of lichess aren’t being honest

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Re:Lichess: The free and open source chess server by throwaway6977 on Friday July 15, 2022 @01:55PM (#32110960)

You're welcome? Are you always immediately hostile towards people who disagree with you on niche website preferences?

Frankly, who gives a shit about someone's opinion who can't even handle a comment like 'I disagree with you' without hurling personal insults.

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